diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index a6bc31349cbb76..911c54829c7c59 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5453,8 +5453,8 @@
 
 	root=		[KNL] Root filesystem
 			Usually this a a block device specifier of some kind,
-			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in init/do_mounts.c
-			for details.
+			see the early_lookup_bdev comment in
+			block/early-lookup.c for details.
 			Alternatively this can be "ram" for the legacy initial
 			ramdisk, "nfs" and "cifs" for root on a network file
 			system, or "mtd" and "ubi" for mounting from raw flash.
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index b31b05390749a1..46ada9dc8bbfe2 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ obj-y		:= bdev.o fops.o bio.o elevator.o blk-core.o blk-sysfs.o \
 			blk-lib.o blk-mq.o blk-mq-tag.o blk-stat.o \
 			blk-mq-sysfs.o blk-mq-cpumap.o blk-mq-sched.o ioctl.o \
 			genhd.o ioprio.o badblocks.o partitions/ blk-rq-qos.o \
-			disk-events.o blk-ia-ranges.o
+			disk-events.o blk-ia-ranges.o early-lookup.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOUNCE)		+= bounce.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG_COMMON) += bsg.o
diff --git a/block/early-lookup.c b/block/early-lookup.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9fc30d039508af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/early-lookup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,224 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * Code for looking up block devices in the early boot code before mounting the
+ * root file system.  Unfortunately currently also abused in a few other places.
+ */
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+
+struct uuidcmp {
+	const char *uuid;
+	int len;
+};
+
+/**
+ * match_dev_by_uuid - callback for finding a partition using its uuid
+ * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
+ * @data:	opaque pointer to the desired struct uuidcmp to match
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, const void *data)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
+	const struct uuidcmp *cmp = data;
+
+	if (!bdev->bd_meta_info ||
+	    strncasecmp(cmp->uuid, bdev->bd_meta_info->uuid, cmp->len))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
+ * @uuid_str:	char array containing ascii UUID
+ *
+ * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
+ * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
+ * by filesystem UUIDs.
+ *
+ * If @uuid_str is followed by a "/PARTNROFF=%d", then the number will be
+ * extracted and used as an offset from the partition identified by the UUID.
+ *
+ * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
+ */
+static int devt_from_partuuid(const char *uuid_str, dev_t *devt)
+{
+	struct uuidcmp cmp;
+	struct device *dev = NULL;
+	int offset = 0;
+	char *slash;
+
+	cmp.uuid = uuid_str;
+
+	slash = strchr(uuid_str, '/');
+	/* Check for optional partition number offset attributes. */
+	if (slash) {
+		char c = 0;
+
+		/* Explicitly fail on poor PARTUUID syntax. */
+		if (sscanf(slash + 1, "PARTNROFF=%d%c", &offset, &c) != 1)
+			goto out_invalid;
+		cmp.len = slash - uuid_str;
+	} else {
+		cmp.len = strlen(uuid_str);
+	}
+
+	if (!cmp.len)
+		goto out_invalid;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, &cmp, &match_dev_by_uuid);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (offset) {
+		/*
+		 * Attempt to find the requested partition by adding an offset
+		 * to the partition number found by UUID.
+		 */
+		*devt = part_devt(dev_to_disk(dev),
+				  dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_partno + offset);
+	} else {
+		*devt = dev->devt;
+	}
+
+	put_device(dev);
+	return 0;
+
+out_invalid:
+	pr_err("VFS: PARTUUID= is invalid.\n"
+	       "Expected PARTUUID=<valid-uuid-id>[/PARTNROFF=%%d]\n");
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * match_dev_by_label - callback for finding a partition using its label
+ * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
+ * @data:	opaque pointer to the label to match
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int match_dev_by_label(struct device *dev, const void *data)
+{
+	struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
+	const char *label = data;
+
+	if (!bdev->bd_meta_info || strcmp(label, bdev->bd_meta_info->volname))
+		return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int devt_from_partlabel(const char *label, dev_t *devt)
+{
+	struct device *dev;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, label, &match_dev_by_label);
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	*devt = dev->devt;
+	put_device(dev);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int devt_from_devname(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
+{
+	int part;
+	char s[32];
+	char *p;
+
+	if (strlen(name) > 31)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	strcpy(s, name);
+	for (p = s; *p; p++) {
+		if (*p == '/')
+			*p = '!';
+	}
+
+	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, 0);
+	if (*devt)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Try non-existent, but valid partition, which may only exist after
+	 * opening the device, like partitioned md devices.
+	 */
+	while (p > s && isdigit(p[-1]))
+		p--;
+	if (p == s || !*p || *p == '0')
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* try disk name without <part number> */
+	part = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
+	*p = '\0';
+	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, part);
+	if (*devt)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* try disk name without p<part number> */
+	if (p < s + 2 || !isdigit(p[-2]) || p[-1] != 'p')
+		return -EINVAL;
+	p[-1] = '\0';
+	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, part);
+	if (*devt)
+		return 0;
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static int devt_from_devnum(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
+{
+	unsigned maj, min, offset;
+	char *p, dummy;
+
+	if (sscanf(name, "%u:%u%c", &maj, &min, &dummy) == 2 ||
+	    sscanf(name, "%u:%u:%u:%c", &maj, &min, &offset, &dummy) == 3) {
+		*devt = MKDEV(maj, min);
+		if (maj != MAJOR(*devt) || min != MINOR(*devt))
+			return -EINVAL;
+	} else {
+		*devt = new_decode_dev(simple_strtoul(name, &p, 16));
+		if (*p)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	Convert a name into device number.  We accept the following variants:
+ *
+ *	1) <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal represents itself
+ *         no leading 0x, for example b302.
+ *	3) /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk
+ *	4) /dev/<disk_name><decimal> represents the device number
+ *         of partition - device number of disk plus the partition number
+ *	5) /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above, that form is
+ *	   used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
+ *	6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
+ *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
+ *	   The UUID may be either an EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS
+ *	   partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, where SSSSSSSS is a zero-
+ *	   filled hex representation of the 32-bit "NT disk signature", and PP
+ *	   is a zero-filled hex representation of the 1-based partition number.
+ *	7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
+ *	   a partition with a known unique id.
+ *	8) <major>:<minor> major and minor number of the device separated by
+ *	   a colon.
+ *	9) PARTLABEL=<name> with name being the GPT partition label.
+ *	   MSDOS partitions do not support labels!
+ *
+ *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
+ *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
+ *	name contains slashes, the device name has them replaced with
+ *	bangs.
+ */
+int early_lookup_bdev(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
+{
+	if (strncmp(name, "PARTUUID=", 9) == 0)
+		return devt_from_partuuid(name + 9, devt);
+	if (strncmp(name, "PARTLABEL=", 10) == 0)
+		return devt_from_partlabel(name + 10, devt);
+	if (strncmp(name, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
+		return devt_from_devname(name + 5, devt);
+	return devt_from_devnum(name, devt);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(early_lookup_bdev);
diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index 0b36a5f39ee8e2..780546a6cbfb6f 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -59,225 +59,6 @@ static int __init readwrite(char *str)
 __setup("ro", readonly);
 __setup("rw", readwrite);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-struct uuidcmp {
-	const char *uuid;
-	int len;
-};
-
-/**
- * match_dev_by_uuid - callback for finding a partition using its uuid
- * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
- * @data:	opaque pointer to the desired struct uuidcmp to match
- *
- * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
- */
-static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, const void *data)
-{
-	struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
-	const struct uuidcmp *cmp = data;
-
-	if (!bdev->bd_meta_info ||
-	    strncasecmp(cmp->uuid, bdev->bd_meta_info->uuid, cmp->len))
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-/**
- * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
- * @uuid_str:	char array containing ascii UUID
- *
- * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
- * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
- * by filesystem UUIDs.
- *
- * If @uuid_str is followed by a "/PARTNROFF=%d", then the number will be
- * extracted and used as an offset from the partition identified by the UUID.
- *
- * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
- */
-static int devt_from_partuuid(const char *uuid_str, dev_t *devt)
-{
-	struct uuidcmp cmp;
-	struct device *dev = NULL;
-	int offset = 0;
-	char *slash;
-
-	cmp.uuid = uuid_str;
-
-	slash = strchr(uuid_str, '/');
-	/* Check for optional partition number offset attributes. */
-	if (slash) {
-		char c = 0;
-
-		/* Explicitly fail on poor PARTUUID syntax. */
-		if (sscanf(slash + 1, "PARTNROFF=%d%c", &offset, &c) != 1)
-			goto out_invalid;
-		cmp.len = slash - uuid_str;
-	} else {
-		cmp.len = strlen(uuid_str);
-	}
-
-	if (!cmp.len)
-		goto out_invalid;
-
-	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, &cmp, &match_dev_by_uuid);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
-	if (offset) {
-		/*
-		 * Attempt to find the requested partition by adding an offset
-		 * to the partition number found by UUID.
-		 */
-		*devt = part_devt(dev_to_disk(dev),
-				  dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_partno + offset);
-	} else {
-		*devt = dev->devt;
-	}
-
-	put_device(dev);
-	return 0;
-
-out_invalid:
-	pr_err("VFS: PARTUUID= is invalid.\n"
-	       "Expected PARTUUID=<valid-uuid-id>[/PARTNROFF=%%d]\n");
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-/**
- * match_dev_by_label - callback for finding a partition using its label
- * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
- * @data:	opaque pointer to the label to match
- *
- * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
- */
-static int match_dev_by_label(struct device *dev, const void *data)
-{
-	struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
-	const char *label = data;
-
-	if (!bdev->bd_meta_info || strcmp(label, bdev->bd_meta_info->volname))
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
-static int devt_from_partlabel(const char *label, dev_t *devt)
-{
-	struct device *dev;
-
-	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, label, &match_dev_by_label);
-	if (!dev)
-		return -ENODEV;
-	*devt = dev->devt;
-	put_device(dev);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int devt_from_devname(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
-{
-	int part;
-	char s[32];
-	char *p;
-
-	if (strlen(name) > 31)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	strcpy(s, name);
-	for (p = s; *p; p++) {
-		if (*p == '/')
-			*p = '!';
-	}
-
-	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, 0);
-	if (*devt)
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Try non-existent, but valid partition, which may only exist after
-	 * opening the device, like partitioned md devices.
-	 */
-	while (p > s && isdigit(p[-1]))
-		p--;
-	if (p == s || !*p || *p == '0')
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	/* try disk name without <part number> */
-	part = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 10);
-	*p = '\0';
-	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, part);
-	if (*devt)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* try disk name without p<part number> */
-	if (p < s + 2 || !isdigit(p[-2]) || p[-1] != 'p')
-		return -EINVAL;
-	p[-1] = '\0';
-	*devt = blk_lookup_devt(s, part);
-	if (*devt)
-		return 0;
-	return -EINVAL;
-}
-
-static int devt_from_devnum(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
-{
-	unsigned maj, min, offset;
-	char *p, dummy;
-
-	if (sscanf(name, "%u:%u%c", &maj, &min, &dummy) == 2 ||
-	    sscanf(name, "%u:%u:%u:%c", &maj, &min, &offset, &dummy) == 3) {
-		*devt = MKDEV(maj, min);
-		if (maj != MAJOR(*devt) || min != MINOR(*devt))
-			return -EINVAL;
-	} else {
-		*devt = new_decode_dev(simple_strtoul(name, &p, 16));
-		if (*p)
-			return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/*
- *	Convert a name into device number.  We accept the following variants:
- *
- *	1) <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal represents itself
- *         no leading 0x, for example b302.
- *	3) /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk
- *	4) /dev/<disk_name><decimal> represents the device number
- *         of partition - device number of disk plus the partition number
- *	5) /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above, that form is
- *	   used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
- *	6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
- *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
- *	   The UUID may be either an EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS
- *	   partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, where SSSSSSSS is a zero-
- *	   filled hex representation of the 32-bit "NT disk signature", and PP
- *	   is a zero-filled hex representation of the 1-based partition number.
- *	7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
- *	   a partition with a known unique id.
- *	8) <major>:<minor> major and minor number of the device separated by
- *	   a colon.
- *	9) PARTLABEL=<name> with name being the GPT partition label.
- *	   MSDOS partitions do not support labels!
- *
- *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
- *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
- *	name contains slashes, the device name has them replaced with
- *	bangs.
- */
-int early_lookup_bdev(const char *name, dev_t *devt)
-{
-	if (strncmp(name, "PARTUUID=", 9) == 0)
-		return devt_from_partuuid(name + 9, devt);
-	if (strncmp(name, "PARTLABEL=", 10) == 0)
-		return devt_from_partlabel(name + 10, devt);
-	if (strncmp(name, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
-		return devt_from_devname(name + 5, devt);
-	return devt_from_devnum(name, devt);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(early_lookup_bdev);
-#endif
-
 static int __init root_dev_setup(char *line)
 {
 	strscpy(saved_root_name, line, sizeof(saved_root_name));
